Documentary about the struggle against hunger and sickness in a world where insects outnumber man by 50 million to one and are man's rival for food. Man has interfered with the balance of nature and now can only come to terms with his rivals by using organised scientific methods of control.
Also included:
DIJKBOUW (1955, 20 minutes);
OLIE PRODUCTIE: ONSTAAN EN VERGAAN (1953, 9 minutes);
OLIE PRODUCTIE: DE OPSPORING VAN AARDOLIE (1953, 31 minutes);
OLIE PRODUCTIE: DE VERKENNINGSBORING (1953, 33 minutes);
OLIE PRODUCTIE: HET OLIEVELD (1954, 17 minutes).